Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
08 February 2025 - China Special Weapons News
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- Gyalo Thondup, Dalai Lama's older brother, dies aged 97 Radio Free Asia 08 Feb 2025 -- Gyalo Thondup, an elder brother of the Dalai Lama who played a crucial role in the history of modern Tibet, has died at his home in Kalimpong in northeast India aged 97.
- US, Japan oppose China's threatening, provocative' activities in SCS Philippine News Agency 08 Feb 2025 -- United States President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru have conveyed "serious opposition" to China's maritime claims as well as "threatening and provocative activities" in the South China Sea (SCS).
- U.S., Japan reaffirm commitment to peace across Taiwan Strait CNA 08 Feb 2025 -- United States President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba reaffirmed the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in a joint statement issued after their summit in Washington on Friday.
- Taipei protests China-Brunei statement on Taiwan CNA 08 Feb 2025 -- Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) has denounced a joint statement issued by China and Brunei that asserts Taiwan as part of Chinese territory.
- PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 08 Feb 2025
- China opposes linking Canada's internal affairs with China-related factors: embassy on reports of campaigns targeting Canadian politician Global Times 08 Feb 2025 -- In response to media reports that Canadian agencies recently detected that an information campaign targeting Canadian Liberal Party leader candidate Ms. Chrystia Freeland took place on the Chinese social media app WeChat, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Canada said on Friday that I am not aware of the so-called information campaign mentioned.
- China lodges solemn representations to Panama over withdrawal from BRI cooperation with China People's Daily 08 Feb 2025 -- Assistant Foreign Minister Zhao Zhiyuan on Friday summoned Miguel Humberto Lecaro Barcenas, Panama's ambassador to China, to lodge solemn representations over Panama's decision to not renew the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation with China on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
- China Slams US for Pressuring Panama to Drop Belt and Road Initiative Sputnik 08 Feb 2025 -- China firmly opposes US attempts to undermine its relations with Panama through pressure and threats, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Zhao Zhiyuan said at a meeting with Panamanian Ambassador to China Miguel Lecaro.
- Thailand leader seeks more cooperation with China VOA 08 Feb 2025 -- Thailand's prime minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, vowed to deepen cooperation with China to tackle the cyber scam centers that have troubled both countries, and she signed more than a dozen agreements to elevate bilateral economic ties between the two nations at the conclusion of her visit to China on Saturday.
- Thousands rally against China's 'mega-embassy' in London Radio Free Asia 08 Feb 2025 -- Waving flags and carrying placards, protesters representing Tibetan, Uyghur, Chinese and Hong Kong rights groups rallied on Saturday against China's proposed 'mega-embassy' in London, voicing fears that Beijing would use the building to harass and monitor dissidents living abroad.
- Uyghurs mark 28 years since Ghulja violence, condemn ongoing repression VOA 08 Feb 2025 -- The first week of February is marked by grief for Zubayra Shamseden not only because she lost loved ones nearly three decades ago, she says, but because China's repressive policies toward Uyghurs continue.
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